Sermons

"I think it likely that much of the restless boredom, frantic escapism, commitment phobia, and enervating despair that plagues us today is the ancient demon of acedia in modern dress” (Kathleen Norris). Restlessness, sloth, depression, escapism, these are terms we know all too well. On the first Sunday in pre-Lent, the Church looks into our heart. What does it see? Idleness. Τί ὧδε ἑστήκατε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἀργοί. “Why do you stand here idle all day?” Our Lord is speaking to u

“Let both of them grow together until the harvest” (Matthew 13:30). We are saved within community. Christian faith is always a shared faith. The Gospel of Jesus Christ will take root in our lives only when we are aspiring to hear one another, forgive one another, and love one another in our local parish. ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat…The slaves s